So my wife and I have always bought compact, fuel efficient cars. Currently she has an '06 Cobalt and I have an '06 Corolla... both get 40+ mpg highway and are pretty much incapable of getting less than about 25 mpg, even in the worst stop-and-go. However, two factors have us looking at trading-in one of them for an SUV:
1) We recently moved out of the city and quite a bit farther north, into a rural area with heavy snowfall (potentially 100+ inches this winter). We'd like at least one 4WD vehicle that we could put tire chains onto if things get really bad.
2) We've been talking about at having a baby within the next year or two and a bigger vehicle with room for car seats and baby baggage would be nice.
But, deep down, I think we'd both like to get the best fuel economy possible.
So for all the car/truck guys out there... what would you recommend?
1) We recently moved out of the city and quite a bit farther north, into a rural area with heavy snowfall (potentially 100+ inches this winter). We'd like at least one 4WD vehicle that we could put tire chains onto if things get really bad.
2) We've been talking about at having a baby within the next year or two and a bigger vehicle with room for car seats and baby baggage would be nice.
But, deep down, I think we'd both like to get the best fuel economy possible.
So for all the car/truck guys out there... what would you recommend?
